Dr. D's Devotional
Title: Finances 12
by Dennis Reschke
Finances 12
"Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my
lips" (Ps 141:3). There are many such like Scriptures, especially in Proverbs,
that deal with words and the mouth.
Do we really believe that we need
to watch over our mouths? Most believers don't. You can tell that just by
listening to their conversations. They profess, for example, to be trusting
God concerning their health. But you're likely to hear them say something
like this: "I'm just sure I'm going to get the flu. I get it every year.
I'll be sicker than a dog too, you'll see....". Do people like that have
what they say?
Oh yes! Check with them a few weeks later and they'll be
quick to tell you that they got just as sick as they said they'd be. But,
odds are, if you try to tell them there's any connection between the words
they spoke and the illness they suffered, they'll look at you as if you
were out of your mind.
Of course, if they'd dig into the Word of God and find out what it has to
say about the subject, they'd realize that the words they speak have a tremendous
impact on their lives. They'd see that it quite literally determines their
future. If you're a born-again believer, you've already experienced the
most powerful example of that. You believed with your heart and confessed
with your mouth the Lord Jesus (Rom 10:9,10) and you changed the eternal
course of your life. You know firsthand just how powerful your words can
be.
Yet, even so, if you're like me, you still find that speaking faith-filled
words consistently is tough to do. I've been at it myself for many years
now and, despite all the time I've spent on it, it's still something I have
to watch all the time. I have learned, though, that if I do make a bad confession
that I do not wish to come to pass, I immediately ask forgiveness from God
for saying them. Then I curse the words, make the confession I want, and
continue to walk in joy. I've put myself now back into a position to receive
from God.
The world around us is in a negative flow. Like a rushing river, it's always
pulling at us, trying to get us to flow with it. Living by faith and speaking
words of faith is like trying to paddle upstream. You can do it, but it's
a great deal of work. And there's never a time you can afford to take a
vacation from it. If you relax a little bit you'll just start drifting right
back down the river.
Make the decision right now to set a watch over your lips. Determine to
consistently fill your mouth with the Word of God. "Attend to my words;
incline your ear to My sayings" (Pr 4:20). Let God's Word be your watch
and everything you say will take you a little further upstream!
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